"INFECTIOUS DISEASES"

Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region struggles with one of the worst droughts in recent decades with 129, 000 people - out of which 96,000 in Somalia and 33,000 in South Sudan - confronting starvation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. UNTV CH

Upon his return from the Syrian Arab Republic, World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "WHO is providing care to survivors with injuries and disabilities sustained in the earthquake; hypothermia; mental health and psychosocial needs; the increased risk of infectious diseases, and the range of regular health needs.” WHO

The World Health Organization, with European Union support, has donated 59 buses to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to help strengthen far-flung vaccination efforts across the country during the war. WHO

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today concluded his official visit to Haiti. At a press conference in Port-au-Prince, he spoke of how, at a time when multiple crises around the world are competing for attention, he fears that the situation in Haiti is not receiving the urgent spotlight that it deserves. OHCHR

In the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck the south-eastern region of Türkiye, near the border with Syria, the WHO Regional Office for Europe extends its deepest condolences and is poised and ready to support the Turkish Ministry of Health with the humanitarian emergency response. WHO

The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger. WHO

According to a new UN report, a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021. UNICEF

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

Influenza season epidemic is off to an early start in WHO’s European region amid concerns over RSV and COVID-19. WHO

Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told Security Council, “we are aware that the Russian Federation has filed an official complaint in line with the provisions of Article Six regarding allegations of biological weapons programs in Ukraine,” adding that the United Nations is “not aware of any such biological weapons programs. This remains the case today.” UNIFEED